22 PHILIPPINE ASIAN NEWS TODAY March 1 - 15 , 2017
TRIBU Production presents GERPHIL FLORES , a classically trained performer and dubbed the songwriter and producer David Foster ’ s “ Golden Girl ”. The evening is sure to
bring the audience in awe with her take on soft classics . Moreover , an advocate of classical crossover music , she is keen on enthralling everyone with rendition of popular music performed with a classical twist .
A fast gaining genre of music having recently acquired its own billboard chart , classical crossover is known to blend the two elements of a musical piece .
Joining the Golden Girl is another classical crossover artist from Budapest , Hungary , ATILLA DOBAK . This season , Attila will appear as the title role of Háry János in Kodaly ’ s Háry János at the MÜPA Budapest , and create the roles of Haly in Rossini ’ s L ’ italiana in Algeri and Schaunard in Puccini ’ s La Boheme with the Hungarian
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State Opera .
Attila Dobak was born in Budapest , Hungary , where he began his musical education . He began learning to play clarinet at the age of seven and was twelve when he took his first piano lesson . He was inspired to study singing after watching the 3 Tenors Concert with Luciano Pavarotti , Jose Carreras and Placido Domingo . He started studying voice at age sixteen and eventually was accepted into the Béla Bartok Conservatory of Music in Budapest , where he majored in Opera and Vocal Performance .
To accompany our artists on piano is HANNAH HAN , is a Canadian classical
pianist who has previously made guest appearances with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra at the Orpheum Theatre and with the Vancouver Metropolitan Orchestra at the Michael J .
Fox Theatre . She had studied with Edward J . Parker and later continued her studies under Dr . Sara Davis Buechner .
UBUNTU String Quartet GALEN SCHRAM , Violin Galen is currently completing the fourth year of his Bachelor ’ s degree in violin performance at the University of British Columbia . He has served as concertmaster of the UBC
Symphony Orchestra , and the UBC Chamber Strings orchestra , with which he will be featured as a soloist this spring . Galen has also served as concertmaster of the Marrowstone Festival orchestra and the Marrowstone Chamber orchestra in Bellingham , Washington .
JOHN-PAUL RADELET , Violin John-Paul is a fourth year violin performance student at the UBC School of Music , studying under the tutelage of Professor Jasper Wood . He has served as assistant concertmaster of the National Youth
Orchestra of Canada and
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concertmaster of the UBC
Symphony Orchestra . After graduating from UBC Music this May , John-Paul will be pursing his Masters degree , also in violin peformance .
A M A N D A PANG , Viola Amanda is currently pursuing a double degree in nutritional science and music performance at UBC . Starting music at a young age , she has competed in numerous competitions for chamber ensembles and solo works , and
has composed and arranged music for competitions . Aside from music , Amanda is a big foodie and actively posts her food pictures in instagram .
ADRIAN PANG , Cello Adrian is currently seeking to pursue a degree in computer science and music peformance at UBC . Having started music at a young age along with his two older siblings , he has been exposes to numerous youth symphonies and chamber ensembles as well as competed in multitudes of competitions over his lifetime . Adrian also has composed and arranged a large variety of works for various instrumentations , especially that of a string quartet .
Part of the proceeds of the concert will go towards the Black Pencil Project . This project brings pencils to remote schools in the Philippines .
TRIBU would also like to extend sincere thanks and gratitude to the sponsors ,
countless volunteers and everyone the patrons . We have limited seats so we advise everyone to purchase tickets as soon as possible .
Tickets are available online or via the phone at the www . ticketsnw . ca or 604 521 5050 .
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ABS-CBN Awards Shenzhen Police for Exemplary Police Work in the Raid and Arrest of Filstream Owners
ABS-CBN ’ s Head of Global Anti-Piracy , Elisha Lawrence , awarded the Xixiang Police Station of Shenzhen Public Security Bureau ( PSB ) for their heroic police work in raiding and arresting Alan Zhou , Roland Lu , Long Zhao and Yunmin Chen , four major players in the global piracy operation of the pirate streaming box Filstream .
Police Officers Cui Yang and Yinbo Lin received awards in the presence of their superior , Deputy Chief Police Officer Zuo Yang . Also present was Yunze Lian , Senior Partner and Head of Patent and Trademark Group of the Hylands Law Firm , who represented ABS-CBN and worked together with Ms . Lawrence and the Shenzhen
Public Security Bureau to execute the investigation and raid .
According to Lawrence : “ It was important to ABS-CBN to recognize the excellent work by the Xixiang Police Station of Shenzhen Public Security Bureau . Without them , the piracy operations of Filstream would have continued to thrive to the detriment of the hardworking people of ABS-CBN who produce the copyrighted content that Filstream illegally streamed . I was extremely impressed by the Shenzhen PSB ’ s dedication , professionalism and commitment to law enforcement . ABS-CBN is truly grateful .”